The Force of Union: Affect and Ascent in the Theology of Bonaventure

The image of love as a burning flame is so widespread in the history of Christian literature as to appear inevitable. But as this dissertation explores, the association of amor with fire played a precise and wide-ranging role in Bonaventure's understanding of the soul's motive power--its c...

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Main Author: Davis, Robert
Other Authors: Hollywood, Amy Maria
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2012
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10307
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:9385627